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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1917

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Mining Vote

Northern Star · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY. Friday. -- The Minister for Mines intends to place £10,000 on the estimates for the purposes of helping to open up old mines…

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South Coast Collieries

Northern Star · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday. -- The prospects of industrial peace in the South Coast collieries do not appear bright. The situation may be precipitated at any moment if the coal…

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Mine Sweeper Mined

Northern Star · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.-- The Admiralty reports that a mine sweeper in the Mediterranean was mined and sunk. Ten are missing…

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Coal. Saving Transport Services

Northern Star · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. -- The Controller of Coal Mines has formulated a scheme where under Great Britain will be divided into 20 areas, in each of which consumers will…

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Mine Sweeper Sunk. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 3

The Admiralty reports that a mine sweeper in the Mediterranean has been mined and sunk. Ten of the crew or missing…

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Still Colliery Troubles. Newcastle

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 July 1917 · page 2

The Pelaw Main colliery is again idle over the question of clippers wages; the Miners' Federations has refused to make any statement on the…

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Money in Mines. Woman in Insolvency Court. Farms on the Tweed. Agent's Astonishing Admissions

Northern Star · Thursday 12 July 1917 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- Mr. Clifford Miller, giving evidence in the bankruptcy case of Lydia Henriette Brooks, said he presumed her bankruptcy had been caused through…

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Strikes of Miners

Northern Star · Monday 16 July 1917 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.-- Reuter's Zurich correspondent, telegraphing on Saturday, says that in a Reichstag debate Herr Helfferich disclosed the fact that one of the…

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Gold Production

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. -- The production of gold in Australia continues to decrease. The output for the first half year showed a decline of 12 per cent…

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Miners Earn 303 a Day

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 2

The wages of miners employed at the Richmond Main Colliery during the full working fortnight of 10 days ended June 16 last averaged 30s 3d per day…

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Colliery Strikes

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- As the result of strikes at the Aberdare collieries 1283 men are idle…

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More Collieries Idle

Northern Star · Thursday 19 July 1917 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- Five more collieries were yesterday added to the list of mines idle through strikes…

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The Lithgow State Coal Mine

Northern Star · Friday 20 July 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday. -- The State [?]eal [?]mine at Lithgow which was temporarily closed down will shortly be taken over and run by the Railway Department…

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Miners Resuming Work

Northern Star · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday. -- The Cessnock and Aberdare miners intend to resume work on Monday…

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Southern Miners' Trouble. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 5

The delegate board of the Illawarra miners have decided to send a telegram to Mr. H. Lamond, protesting against the Federal Governments proposal…

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Federal Coal Board. Application for Abolition

Northern Star · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday. -- The Northern Colliery Employees' Federation has been called upon to show cause why the Federal Coal Board should not be dissolved and all its orders…

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New Mine Zone. Hemming in the Germans

Northern Star · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- Reuter authoritatively learns that a new He[?]e zone in North Sea has been specially made to prevent enemy ships and submarines…

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Disorder in Russia. East African Operations. German Political Crisis. New British Mine Zone. Italy's Fight Against Austria. Russia. Shifting the Capital

Northern Star · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 5

PETROGRAD, Thursday. -- An extraordinary Cabinet Council discussed a proposal to transfer the seat of the Provisional Government to Moscow…

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Labor Affairs. Stoppages in Coal Mines

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 July 1917 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. -- The coal tribunal sat to-day to discuss the stoppages in several of the mines during the past few weeks. Mr. Justice Edmunds said he wished to put…

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Colliery Stop Pages. Judge Edmunds' Hint SYDNEY,Monday

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 July 1917 · page 2

A message from Cess nock state that the Aberdare, and Aherdar Extended Collieries employes have returned to work…

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